External irradiation for malignant thyroid tumors

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Radiology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.136.3.6773105· OSTI ID:6793813

Chung, C T; Sagerman, R H; Ryoo, M C; King, G A; Yu, W S; Dalal, P S; Emmanuel, I G

Thirty-eight patients with residual or recurrent primary thyroid cancers which did not take up I-131 were treated with external beam irradiation. Excluding 5 patients with malignant lymphoma, there were 23 patients with local disease and 10 with distant metastases. Doses ranged from 3500 to 7000 rads (35 to 70 Gy) among the 23 with local disease; local tumor control was achieved in 8. Six are alive and well 2 to 11 years later. External beam irradiation should be considered in locally advanced, incompletely resected, recurrent and metastatic thyroid malignancies of all histological types without I-131 uptake. Reviewed are the age and sex distribution, histology, stage, extent of surgery, and dose and radiotherapy technique as they affect survival and patterns of failure.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York, Syracuse
• OSTI ID: 6793813
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 136:3; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACCELERATORS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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BODY AREAS
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
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FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION
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INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
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IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
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ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
LOCAL IRRADIATION
LYMPHOMAS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEDICINE
METASTASES
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MEV RANGE 01-10
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NECK
NEOPLASMS
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ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
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PATIENTS
PHOTONS
RADIATION DOSES
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RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
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